Book Design: Book Edges | Holly Dunn Design

[@joobarowski8909]

I love that you used so many of the Barnes & Noble books I designed and art directed! Great Video!

[@HollyDunnDesign]

Thanks, Jo! They're such beautiful designs :)

[@TamaraWoods]

I remember my children's Bible when I was growing up, it had animals painted on the side like that. I hadn't thought about that in years! What a precious memory. Thank you.

[@HollyDunnDesign]

+Tamara Woods (PenPaperPad) You're welcome. That sounds beautiful!

[@fludrbywest3886]

Holly! BravO🌹👍🏼😍 yes I would love to see more of the magic painted edges!! 💖✨💫

[@cesca3968]

literally bought beetle boy as soon as I watched this! I'm now on the watch for books with awesome edge design!

[@HollyDunnDesign]

+Francesca Read Fantastic! Please let me know if you find anything interesting!

[@sproinkpixi2596]

So inspiring Holly, books are so multifaceted and rewarding. Great job. Thank you!

[@HollyDunnDesign]

+Sproink Pixi Thanks xxx

[@BookishPrincess]

This is so cool - and your mushroom painting came out beautifully!

[@HollyDunnDesign]

+BookishPrincess Thanks!

[@grahameanderson6913]

I really liked the mushrooms on the foot edge of the Alice in Wonderland book. Thanks for sharing :-)

[@SwirlyGirlyReads]

As always you have produced a fantastic informative video. I love learning about publishing and book design from you, I hope there will be more to come.

[@HollyDunnDesign]

+SwirlyGirlyReads Thanks x Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@booklover5191]

when are you gonna do a DiY painted book edge tutorial (by any chance)?

[@HollyDunnDesign]

It's something I'd love to do, but unfortunately it requires quite a lot of resources that I don't have at the moment. There are a few videos on KZbin about it if you search for 'painted fore-edges'.

[@HeartVivian]

How interesting, and that mushroom painting turned out so well!

[@HollyDunnDesign]

+HeartVivian Thanks :)

[@marta_sanders]

I love it when you make these videos! I only have one book, "The Golem" which I bought second-hand, that has the edges painted in black, just like its cover, and I love the effect. I had never seen paintings on the edges like the ones you show though, those are fantastic! And that mushroom draw came out beautiful!!

[@HollyDunnDesign]

+Marta Sanders Thanks :) Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mypeacefulrevolution]

I really like your book design videos, it is interesting and the books are very pleasing to the eye. I hope you'll make more videos like this :)

[@HollyDunnDesign]

+mypeacefulrevolution Thanks! I plan to x

[@GwendolynKensinger]

I know this is an older vid but I just had to watch and comment because it was so adorable. Thanks for sharing! I loved those mushrooms and they would look lovely on a great Alice edition!

[@HollyDunnDesign]

Thank you! I love getting feedback on all videos :)

[@brittabohlerthesecondshelf]

This was supercool and so interesting!!

[@HollyDunnDesign]

+Britta Böhler Thank you x

[@silkemaria7339]

Aw, what a great idea and your drawings are so cool! My new german edition of Harry Potter paperbacks have a spell written on the fore - edges, which appears when you bend it a bit. I think it was the first time I noticed something other than gilt edges.

[@HollyDunnDesign]

+Silke Maria That's so cool! I'd love to see that :D

[@1book1review]

how cool. I like the colored edges, always a good reason to pick up a book. I have quite a few with black pages and I think a yellow or bright orange one. And wicked I think is green. Sorry can't check, not near my books.

[@HollyDunnDesign]

+1book1review That's okay :) Wicked would look really cool with green edges!

[@MrsLilaWood]

Oh, Beetle Boy, I think I have just fallen in love! :D

[@HollyDunnDesign]

+Lila Wood Isn't it snazzy!? :D

[@allysonshelton9549]

What a fun and interesting video! :) love the picture ones

[@HollyDunnDesign]

+Allyson Tuggle Thanks :)

[@alifishies]

I could only access one of the videos. Is this the curse of watching old videos

[@juliarose3235]

this is so gorgeous!

[@HollyDunnDesign]

+Julia Degregorio Thanks Julia x

[@QueenBoadicea]

I recently read "Inkling" by Kenneth Oppel. It's a funny, smart book about an inkblot that gains sentience and independent movement. Along the fore edge of the book is a ragged black stripe formed by inkblots positioned on the verso pages of the book. Is there a technical term for such a stripe and, if so, what is it?

[@Analog0219]

This was such an interesting video and what you created came out really well! :)

[@HollyDunnDesign]

+Nita Gautam Thanks!

[@lisajarvis3820]

That top edge is called the ‘head”

[@abraralmadi3617]

i really like the idea and your drawing gorgeous :)

[@HollyDunnDesign]

+ABRAR ALMADI Thanks! :)

[@sarahyazeid8854]

That was a very interesting video! Thank you

[@HollyDunnDesign]

+Sarah Yazeid You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@AnnaShuk]

Awesome video! Love your series.=) I really like painted edges. But publishers in my area do it badly (pages are like glued together and in many cases a bit of paint goes into text zone. Which is ..not cool) . That's why I prefer foreign presses. Fore-edges fascinate me!!! I'm looking forward for more!=)

[@HollyDunnDesign]

+Anna Shuk (ChicagoJFox) Thanks :) Another thing that I like about this technique is that you can tell when you're the first person to open a book because the pages are slightly stuck together. Perhaps not to the same extent as you're saying, but it gives me a little thrill! It's the little things :)

[@AnnaShuk]

Library at the Edge of the World oh..so maybe it's done better than I thought. I love to feel this little cracking sound too.=)

[@nonono6537]

aw what a lovely video!

[@HollyDunnDesign]

+Izzi Bizzi Thanks

[@mentatphilosopher]

You forgot to mention that top edge only foiling was also commonly done. This made dusting the the books easier.

[@HollyDunnDesign]

+mentatphilosopher That's not something that I came across in my research, but I guess it makes sense. Thanks!